My baby has a first name...

...but not much else. In case you didn't get it, the title of the blog should be sung to the tune of the Oscar Mayer weiner song. Ever since we decided on the name, that song has been going through my head. I'm weird like that.

Most everyone I talk to on a regular basis already knows this, but I feel the need to publicly declare it. Partly because it makes it more real and it means that the hubs can't renege on the deal.

Drumroll please...

Our new baby girl will be named

Claire!

Don't you love it? I hope you do, but don't really care if you hate it because I love it. It's been my top girl name ever since we found out we were having another kid.

In other news, she also has a more firm potential birthday. My original due date is June 6. My doc says if I want him to deliver, I have to do so via C-section. Who am I to argue with my doc? He wanted to schedule the c-section at 39 weeks to minimize the chance of me going into labor (I'll spare you the details of why). So, baby Claire will be here May 31st! assuming she doesn't try to make her appearance early!

Coincidentally, if she arrives on May 31st, she will share her birthday with Brooke Shields. Some people say she's my celebrity twin. I have hard time seeing it, though.

I don't see any resemblance.  

May 31st! That's 7 weeks away people! I am not prepared. One of the more frequent comments I hear is "Well, at least you have all your baby clothes and gear left over from your girls." Wrong! well partially! I have some clothing the girls wore that I couldn't consign because it was stained or so cute that I just wanted to keep it. Most of the "gear" we used for the girls was borrowed from a lovely couple who had twins 10 months before we did. We were very lucky to be able to borrow a lot of big ticket items like car seats, bouncers, swings, bumbo chairs, etc. But, when you borrow stuff, the lender sort of expects to get it back! Thus our problem in having to replenish our baby gear supply. I've done a pretty good job of replenishing thanks to the amazing JBF Consignment Sale that I frequent. There are some things though, that you can't save from one kid to the next or purchase used: pacifiers, breastmilk storage bags, bottle nipples, diapers, wipes, diaper genie refills, etc. You get the picture! I am slowly but surely working on this list but fear I will forget something. I have come a long way, but still feel ill-prepared.